ancient criminal minds

The next day, Lu Zheng took Ah Fu to the elder brother's yard for a stroll, but saw the elder brother who was supposed to go out was practicing sword in the yard. He stopped the sword when he saw him coming, and took the handkerchief handed over by the maid While wiping off his sweat, he said, "I heard that you hurt your wrist yesterday? I won't practice calligraphy today. Let me test your knowledge."

Lu Zheng felt bitter in his heart, and quickly said: "Brother, why don't you go up today...cough, go up to court?"

Lu Che glanced at him: "Take a rest today."

"Oh..." Lu Zheng racked his brains on how to escape the fate of the exam, and the savior came.

Sister-in-law Pei came over with her daughter. Lu Che had a son and a daughter. The daughter Lu Zhiyuan was only six years old. While rubbing her sleepy eyes, she obediently called her father and uncle, then let go of her mother's hand and walked to Lu Che. Beside Zheng, looked up at him, and asked in a sticky voice: "Uncle San, are you feeling better?"

The original owner has always loved this niece, and Lu Zheng couldn't stand such a cute loli, so he knelt down and said softly: "Bao'er is so good, third uncle is already healed."

Lu Zhiyuan smiled and rolled his eyes: "Then when Bao'er comes back, Third Uncle, you can bring Bao'er to play together."

"Okay... Hey, sister-in-law, are you going out?"

Pei smiled and said: "Yes, my little sister will leave the pavilion tomorrow, we will go back and put on makeup for her."

Lu Zheng looked at her, then at his elder brother: "Is the elder brother going too?"

"That's natural."

Lu Che ignored his younger brother's cheated anger, rubbed his daughter's hair, and said to Pei, "Is everything ready?"

Pei nodded.

Lu Che said, "Wait for me to change my clothes and see my parents later, then go out."

Lu Zheng was still angry, when he suddenly saw his elder brother turning his head, he said calmly, "I'll go to my study to read later, I still have to take the school exam when I come back at night."

"Big brother..."

Mrs. Pei pulled her daughter over with a funny face, nodded to the two and went in.Lu Che glanced at his younger brother: "If you pass the school exam tonight, I will allow you to go out to play."

Lu Zheng's eyes lit up "bass": "It's a deal?"

"nature."

Only then did Lu Zheng show a smiling face, and hurriedly ran to the study. You must know that he has been here for so long, but he has never gone out. Although he has the memory of the original owner, it is not as interesting as seeing it with his own eyes.

Lu Che's study is very simple, and Lu Zheng's desk is next to his desk.The pen, ink, paper and inkstone are all ready, and there is also his recent homework next to it. Fortunately, it should have just moved here, and Lu Che hasn't had time to read it yet.

Lu Zheng flipped through it, and found that the pile of horrible homework was not much better than what he had written, so he immediately felt relieved.After thinking about it, I felt a little ashamed, so I simply hid this pile of homework.After hiding it, he clapped his hands and straightened up, and began to think about the layout of Lu Che's study.

He was too nervous yesterday, so he didn't take a closer look at his brother's study.

Lu Che's study room was well-regulated, several bookshelves were neatly filled with books, and the large desk was also filled with case files. Lu Zheng went to look through it, but stopped when he saw a case file.

"On the third day of October in the 19th year of Yongning, ten miles south of Jinan, there was a mountain named Baiquan Mountain, and there was a temple on the mountain. I saw a woman's corpse, strangled to death by a rope, then skinned, and dumped in the temple..."

Lu Zheng read the case file. Although it was written in classical Chinese, the person who wrote the case file was clear and well-organized, and Lu Zheng understood the meaning stutteringly.

The name of the deceased was Luliu, and she was the maidservant of the head of the official department, surnamed Jiao.He said he had been missing for a few days. He thought he was a fugitive slave, so he went to Jingzhao Mansion to report the case. Unexpectedly, two days later, Luliu's body was found in the temple on Baiquan Mountain in the suburbs of Beijing.This temple has long lost its incense. It is a deserted temple. Even the locals seldom go to it, but they don't know why the body was found there.

The woodcutter who found the body was a woodcutter who wanted to take a rest in the temple, but he saw a figure lying on his side in front of the temple from a distance, and when he got closer, he almost fainted from fright.The woodcutter then reported the case, and the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture sent policemen and assistants to investigate the case, but they still had no clue.

According to regulations, the Ministry of Criminal Justice only conducts a review, but if there is a weird case that Jingzhao Mansion cannot solve, it can also be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for investigation.

Lu Zheng noticed that Lu Che had marked a few points on the side with a pen, and was about to take a closer look, when he suddenly heard footsteps outside, as well as the voices of his elder brother and the servant serving in the study.

Lu Zheng hurriedly put the file back to its original place, while he sat upright on his seat, holding a pen with a serious face, pretending to be serious about reading.

Lu Che had already changed into his clothes for going out. Seeing him shaking his head with a book, he didn't say anything, but reminded the boy again not to let him run around.

Lu Zheng pursed his lips, and deliberately read aloud, he was relieved until Lu Che's figure completely left the study room, it was like a reenactment of the scene when he was in high school.

After being interrupted by Lu Che, Lu Zheng also forgot about the case file. Remembering the bet with his elder brother, he quickly opened the book and read it carefully.

The third young master turned his back on evil and turned right, which shocked everyone in the Duke's mansion. They thought he was just acting, but who would have thought that the eldest young master would read a book obediently at the desk after going out, which is simply unbelievable.

When Lu Che came back and heard the boy's report, he also raised his eyebrows in surprise, and after a school test, it also proved that Lu Zheng was not just pretending, he had really studied hard.

Lu Che's expression softened, and it was rare to show a smile to his younger brother: "Not bad."

Lu Zheng hurriedly said: "Then can I go out to play tomorrow?" Seeing Lu Che's face darken, he said again, "A gentleman's words are hard to follow!"

Lu Che put down the book, and was about to teach him a lesson, when he suddenly saw a young servant at the door of the study, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Sister Bixi, who is next to the old lady, came to send a message, saying that today is the fifteenth day, and I want you and the third young master to go to Fushou Hall for dinner."

According to the rules of the Lu family, on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, we must go to Mrs. Lu's Fushoutang to have dinner together. The British government has a small population, so there is no difference between men and women. They all eat at a big table, but today Mrs. Pei brought With her daughter living in her natal family, no one reminded Lu Che.

Lu Zheng escaped again, and rushed to Fushou Hall in a hurry.

Lu Che straightened his robe and was about to leave when he suddenly stopped. He found that the file on his desk seemed to have been moved, so he called a servant: "Apart from the third young master, who else has been in this room today? "

"Back to Eldest Young Master, there is no one else." The servant replied honestly.

Lu Che didn't speak, but looked down at the open case file again, and then walked towards Fushou Hall.

When Lu Che arrived, Mrs. Lu had already made Lu Zheng laugh out loud. Lu Zheng had this talent since he was a child, and he was loved by his elders, not to mention that he grew up in front of Mrs. Lu since he was a child. The old lady regarded it as an eyeball.

Because Mrs. Pei and Lu Zhiyuan were not there, Lu Che's eldest son, Lu Yan, was studying at Hengshan Academy and came back after a long time, so there were only Lu Che and Lu Qing staring at the dinner table.

Mrs. Lu took a look and said, "Why hasn't your mother arrived yet?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Yun walked in from the door, but with an angry look on her face.

"Daughter-in-law is late, I hope mother will forgive me."

Mrs. Lu smiled: "It's okay, let's ask someone to serve."

After dinner, when several people were drinking tea, Mrs. Lu asked Yun: "I just saw that your complexion was not very good, but what happened?"

Mrs. Yun then said: "Earlier, the woman who took care of the flowers and plants in the yard sued a sweeping girl in my yard for stealing my golden hairpin. Madam Yu took someone to look for it, and she found it in the girl's room. This is not true at all. It's a big deal, if she admits it, she will be punished according to the family rules, but she refused to admit it, I was afraid that I would miss my mother's side, so I temporarily locked her up in the woodshed, and I asked Ren Yazi to take her to sell in a while."

Mrs. Lu frowned tightly: "I really can't keep such a wicked girl, you should deal with it first."

Yun's stood up, "Daughter-in-law Rong will leave first."

"Go ahead."

Yun Shi was about to leave, but Lu Zheng suddenly said, "Mother, why don't you listen to that girl's explanation? Maybe it's a misunderstanding."

Lu Che and Lu Qing were talking about something, when they heard what he said, they both looked at Lu Zheng in surprise.

Seeing her son's puzzled expression, Yun's voice softened and said: "Mother, how could she be so hasty, but the golden hairpin was indeed found in her bag, and there are all witnesses and material evidences, how can she be allowed to quibble."

According to Yun, that girl was called Liu Zhi, a third-class maid in the courtyard, and it was Mrs. Dong who was in charge of the flowers and plants in the courtyard who found out that she had stolen it. deny.

Lu Zheng asked: "Why is mother sure that what Mrs. Dong said is true?"

Yun's hesitated and said: "This Mrs. Dong has served in our courtyard for decades, and the willow branch was just bought from outside. Naturally, I have to trust Mrs. Dong."

Lu Zhengdao: "Mother, tell me what Mrs. Dong said, all right?"

Mrs. Yun nodded to Nanny Yu who was beside her, and Nanny Yu stood up and said, "Mrs. Dong said that she followed her when she saw the willow branch sneaking around that day, and found that she put a gold hairpin in her In the package, she felt that the golden hairpin looked familiar, so she told the servant girl, and the servant girl remembered the golden hairpin that Madam lost earlier, and only then did she know that the willow branch stole it."

Lu Zheng shook his head: "Mother, the willow branch didn't steal this gold hairpin, I'm afraid it was blamed by Mrs. Dong."

As soon as his words fell, not only Yun Shi and Mrs. Lu showed surprised expressions, but even Lu Che and Lu Qing couldn't help paying attention.

"How did the third brother know?" Lu Che asked.

Lu Zheng said, "Why don't you bring that Liu Zhi and Mrs. Dong over here, and I'll ask them a few words, and the truth will naturally come to light."

Nanny Yu shifted her gaze to Yun Shi, Yun Shi nodded slightly, and then said to Mrs. Lu: "Since Zheng'er said so, why don't we really bring people here, and don't let people say that our government has wronged good people."

Mrs. Lu nodded. Lu Qing originally wanted to go to the study with the eldest son to discuss matters. Seeing this, he was also going to see what the third son was going to do, so he didn't even get up, just sat there and waited Nanny Yu brought him over.